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Posted by Bucko
- August 05, 2014, 11:52:33 AMHello PC:
I've got about 70k Kilometres on the bike so not really high mileage. In any case, I put the tensioner extenders in at about 20k Kms as a preemptive measure. As I recall the cap comes of the back of the tensioner and a punch can be inserted to push the plunger ahead manually (if the spring pressure isn't putting enough force on the plunger to move it forward).
I just changed the oil last week so that's not it.
Posted by pcarrell
- August 05, 2014, 08:18:44 AMHow many miles do you have on that engine? Could it be the cam chains hitting on the push rod tubes? You usually see this on higher mileage motors. http://www.gadgetjq.com/cc_tensioner.htm
Also, when was your last oil change? I know mine gets noticeably louder as I near oil change time.
Posted by Bucko
- August 04, 2014, 22:50:36 PMI'm getting a lot of tapping noise these days. The tapping sounds like a noisy lifter if you can imagine what that sounds like - I think the 1500's are notorious for noisy lifters. In any case, whatever is causing it, it's related to RPM - the fast the engine revs, the faster the tapping.
The old 1500 has always been a bit of a tapper, even when new. I used to find though that as the engine warmed up, on a warm day, the ticking would mostly disappear. Now I hear the tapping all the time, hot or cold! It's so loud that on the highway, at 60 MPH, I can barely hear the motor because of the wind noise but the tapping comes through loud and clear.